Everything Everything By Nicola Yoon

Synopsis/Summary:

The story follows 18-year-old Madeline Whittier an 18-year-old who is being treated by her doctor mother for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and therefore is not allowed to leave her house or interact with anything that has not been "sanitized". Her world consists of her mother Pauline, her nurse Carla, and the books she finds comfort in.

Maddy's life changes when a family moves in next door. She watches them from the window and learns that the family includes a father, mother, daughter named Kara, and a son named Olly. Olly befriends Maddy, and the two begin to message each other online.

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⭐⭐/5

Okay...this novel. I really don’t know how I feel about this book yet. I liked it, but at the same time, I really did not. So, I am going to discover as I keep writing about it.

Everything Everything is a standalone novel that deals with a girl named Madeleine who has a severe disease that makes her allergic to everything. She has never gone out of her house, and never had friends except for her own nurse that works at her home. One day a new family moves to the house next door, and that is when Olly, the mysterious boy who wears only black clothes, appears. Maddy’s world turns upside down and decides to take the greatest risk that could lead her to her own death. While reading this novel you are going to see Madeleine’s process of self-discovery and just the right amount of romance in order to add some sparks and risks to the story.

I did not enjoy the course of reading this book because of several reasons that I will mention later, but I believe that, even though it is not an amazing novel, it is not terrible either. That’s why I recommend this book to readers from 12 years onwards since it contains strong scenes which not everyone will be prepared for.

To begin with, the story plot itself was original and a potentially good idea. Madeleine’s feelings about her disease were shown many times but it wasn’t something that took a great part throughout the book. On the other hand, feelings such as desire, confusion, and, of course, love dominated the pages. Madeleine started a process of self-discovery that couldn’t have gone through only with her mum and Carla, the nurse. They taught them many things, but Olly is the one who really helps change Maddy’s life. You can appreciate how she uses the guidance from those people and transformed it into her own self-development. Moreover, there is also the movie, which I disliked as well because I never saw the point of the story. I was never caught by it. I never had a desire to keep reading or watching. But thinking objectively, the movie adaptation was well executed. It kept with the storyline, and characters development so if you loved the book, you will appreciate the movie.

Why did I kept reading if I was never hooked by the plot or connected to the characters? Because I had to read it for school. It is a vague excuse but unconsciously made me not enjoy the process. I was not thinking of it as a hobby, but more as a task. Even though I still hold that is not a good book; When you start a book in which the protagonist has a disease that doesn’t let her leave her house, you don’t really expect much, at least in my case. When Maddy started seeing Olly, I really couldn’t see a future. I was hoping for a miracle to happen but at the same time, I knew it wasn’t worth thinking about it. Until the end. Some may think it was an awesome end, that left millions of mouths open. But from my standpoint, the idea was fine but very wrong developed. Nicola Yoon wasted something that could have drop me dead. It had no connection to previous actions of the character and scenes. It was as if she never planned the end and occur to her at the moment.

All in all, if you had read this book please tell me what you think about it since my thoughts are still mess up when it comes to Everything Everything.